Queen's Death Wish

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Queen's Death Wish

"Yes, I made it" were the final words of Briton Bob Talley, who died on his 100th birthday immediately after reading a congratulatory telegram from Queen Elizabeth. A party in his honor at his nursing home in southeast London had already started when he expired, so friends, family, and staff toasted to him while he lay in state. "It was a bit of a shock when we were told that Uncle Bob had died on the morning of his birthday," Talley's niece Barbara Barwell told London's "He knew he had reached 100 and I think he relaxed and just let go."